Program Overview

Handshake is looking for experienced music professionals and academics to support AI research through flexible, hourly contract work. This is not a traditional job. You'll draw on your hands-on expertise in instrumental performance, composition, or music production to evaluate AI-generated content and provide feedback that helps AI better understand music across styles, traditions, and cultures.

This is an ongoing, project-based opportunity you can take on alongside anything else you have going on.

Program Details

This project involves using your professional experience and hands-on knowledge of the tools you use in your daily work to create expert-level training data and evaluate AI-generated responses for accuracy and relevance. No prior AI experience required.

Fully remote with a flexible, asynchronous schedule and no minimum hour requirement; most contributors work approximately 5–20 hours per week when participating in an active project.

Placement depends on current project needs, with opportunities to be considered for future projects as they become available.

Who Should Apply

• Master's degree or above required; DMA strongly preferred
• Background in composition, jazz performance, guitar performance, commercial music, or instrumental performance (e.g., saxophone, trumpet)
• Strong instrumental performance background; performance-focused degrees preferred over musicology or ethnomusicology
• Experience with Pro Tools, Logic Pro, or Ableton is a plus but not required
• Strong written communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work independently in a remote, asynchronous environment